报喜不报忧 報喜不報憂 bào xǐ bù bào yōu to report only the good news, not the bad news / to hold back unpleasant news / to sweep bad news under the carpet 中国新闻社 中國新聞社 zhōng guó xīn wén shè China News Service (CNS), a state-owned news agency in China, focused primarily on providing news to Chinese communities outside mainland China 主次 zhǔ cì the important and the less important / primary and secondary syn 轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn 缓急轻重 緩急輕重 huǎn jí qīng zhòng slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority / also written 輕重緩急|轻重缓急 重要的是 zhòng yào de shì It is important (that) ... / The (important) point is ... 重头 重頭 zhòng tóu main / most important / essential / important part 大题小作 大題小作 dà tí xiǎo zuò to cut a long story short / a brief treatment of a complicated subject / fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter 扬言 揚言 yáng yán to put about (a story, plan, threat etc) / to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story) / to threaten syn 典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth syn 戏说 戲說 xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest syn 自圆其说 自圓其說 zì yuán qí shuō to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story 阿Ｑ ā Q Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The true story of Ah Q 阿Ｑ正傳|阿Ｑ正传[A1 Q zheng4 chuan2] / Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella "The True Story of Ah Q" 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[A1 Q Zheng4zhuan4] ("Q" here is typically pronounced as [kiu1] or [qiu1]) 自圆其说 自圓其說 zì yuán - qí shuō (idiom) to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story 通讯 通訊 tōng xùn communications / news story / dispatch / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 头条 頭條 tóu tiáo lead story (on the news) syn 头条新闻 頭條新聞 tóu tiáo xīn wén top news story 构想图 構想圖 gòu xiǎng tú notional diagram (i.e. made-up picture or artist's impression for news story) 标题新闻 標題新聞 biāo tí xīn wén headline news / title story 利好 lì hǎo (finance) sth that engenders bullish sentiment / favorable news / (finance) (of news, data etc) favorable / positive 噩耗 è hào news of sb's death / sad news syn 凶信 xiōng xìn fateful news / news of sb's death syn 报料 報料 bào liào to provide information to a news organization / to tip off / information provided to a news organization / a tip-off 悲报 悲報 bēi bào sad news / bad news 精华 精華 jīng huá best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul syn 重要 zhòng yào important / significant / major syn 重点 重點 zhòng diǎn important point / main point / focus / key (project etc) / to focus on / to put the emphasis on syn 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant syn 最重要 zuì zhòng yào most important / key 伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important / it's nothing / never mind / to have nothing to do / to be free / to be all right (out of danger or trouble) syn 非常重要 fēi cháng zhòng yào very important 事迹 事跡 shì jì deed / past achievement / important event of the past syn 有意义 有意義 yǒu yì yì to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting 首要 shǒu yào the most important / of chief importance syn 看重 kàn zhòng to regard as important / to value syn 要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important / urgent syn 大将军 大將軍 dà jiāng jūn important general / generalissimo syn 莫大 mò dà greatest / most important syn 大牌 dà pái strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important 重用 zhòng yòng to put in an important position syn 重量级 重量級 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential 要人 yào rén important person syn 周公 zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams" 要件 yào jiàn key document / important condition / criterion / requirement / requisite / cornerstone 非同小可 fēi tóng xiǎo kě extremely important / no small matter syn 要务 要務 yào wù key task / important affair 高居 gāo jū to stand above / to occupy an important position / to rank (among the top few) syn 要事 yào shì important matter syn 侍从 侍從 shì cóng to serve (an important personage) / attendant / retainer syn 公馆 公館 gōng guǎn residence (of sb rich or important) / mansion syn 楚国 楚國 chǔ guó the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei 算数 算數 suàn shù to count numbers / to keep to one's word / to hold (i.e. to remain valid) / to count (i.e. to be important) syn 保驾 保駕 bǎo jià (in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage) / (nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular) syn 没事儿 沒事兒 méi shì r to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind syn 要 yào to want / to need / to ask for / will / shall / about to / need to / should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important syn 吃紧 吃緊 chī jǐn in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important syn 政要 zhèng yào important political leader / government dignitary syn 忍辱负重 忍辱負重 rěn rǔ fù zhòng to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom) / to suffer in silence 重臣 zhòng chén important minister / major figure in government syn 避重就轻 避重就輕 bì zhòng jiù qīng to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones syn 贺龙 賀龍 hè lóng He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution 舍人 shè rén ancient office title / rich and important person 自命不凡 zì mìng bù fán to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant syn 织田信长 織田信長 zhī tián xìn cháng ODA Nobunaga (1534-1582), Japanese shogun (warlord), played an important role in unifying Japan 鼎鼎 dǐng dǐng great / very important 讳莫如深 諱莫如深 huì mò rú shēn important matter that must be kept secret (idiom) / don't breathe a word of it to anyone! syn 显要 顯要 xiǎn yào prominent / eminent / important person / notable / dignitary syn 白帝城 bái dì chéng Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction 拿大 ná dà to put on airs / self-important / high and mighty 祭酒 jì jiǔ to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China 死要面子 sǐ yào miàn zi to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable 持重 chí zhòng prudent / cautious / to be in charge of ritual ceremonies / to hold an important office syn 计 計 jì to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge syn 重典 zhòng diǎn important classic text / severe laws 荣毅仁 榮毅仁 róng yì rén Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors 白崇禧 bái chóng xǐ Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949 从略 從略 cóng lüè to omit (less important details etc) syn 打紧 打緊 dǎ jǐn important 吃重 chī zhòng (of a role) arduous / important / (a vehicle's) loading capacity syn 要图 要圖 yào tú main plan / important program syn 要津 yào jīn strategic location / important hub / key post / prominent position syn 丧 喪 sàng to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged syn 不知轻重 不知輕重 bù zhī qīng zhòng lit. not knowing what's important (idiom) / no appreciation of the gravity of things / naive / doesn't know who's who / no sense of priorities 五鬼闹判 五鬼鬧判 wǔ guǐ nào pàn Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom) / important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells 自视甚高 自視甚高 zì shì shèn gāo to think highly of oneself (idiom) / giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important 轻重倒置 輕重倒置 qīng zhòng dào zhì to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important) / lacking a sense of perspective / to put the cart before the horse syn 有眼不识泰山 有眼不識泰山 yǒu yǎn bù shí tài shān lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent / to be blind to the fact 重要问题 重要問題 zhòng yào wèn tí an important issue 兰克 蘭克 lán kè Rank (name) / Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), important German historian 乌兰夫 烏蘭夫 wū lán fū Ulanhu (1906-1988), Soviet-trained Mongolian communist who became important PRC military leader 不当紧 不當緊 bù dāng jǐn not important / of no consequence 事物的本质重于外在 事物的本質重於外在 shì wù de běn zhì chóng yú wài zài essence is more important than external appearance / a rose by any other name would smell as sweet 任事 rèn shì appointment to an important post 切要 qiè yào essential / extremely important 名臣 míng chén important official or statesman (in feudal China) 国家重点学科 國家重點學科 guó jiā zhòng diǎn xué kē National Key Disciplines (disciplines recognized as important and supported by PRC central government, including medicine, science, chemistry, engineering, commerce and law) 孤拔 gū bá Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War 性命攸关 性命攸關 xìng mìng yōu guān vitally important / a matter of life and death 